Unpopular Opinions About Good Morning Vietnam
They say drama is easy; that it’s comedy that’s hard. I think, to take it a step further, that it’s comedy disguised as drama that’s the hardest.
Category Archives: Active Observation
The Unknown Known And Knowing The Unknowable Rumsfeld
Donald Rumsfeld may be the most impressive weasel in history, a mighty distinction indeed.
The Warriors Guide to New York
Walter Hill’s eye-opening 1979 documentary, The Warriors, gave many Americans their first glimpse of the real New York.
This One Goes Out to The One I Love
This one goes out to the one I left behind. Another prop has occupied my time. This one goes out to the one I love.
Four Sequels That Couldn’t: A Cautionary Tale
The story is right there! Don’t over think it. It is a sequel. Sequels should be simple, stupid!
On Klute, Pakula, and The Paranoia Of The ‘70s
In which thoughts on director Alan J. Pakula and cinematographer Gordon Willis’s paranoid ’70s trilogy are thunk.
The World According To Garp: Not What It Used To Be
A childhood favorite I should have left alone.
Ali: Fear Eats The Soul – A Weird Name For A Great Movie
Rainer Werner Fassbinder is one of the more colorful directors in movie history. To put it mildly. To put it another way, he was a madman.
Three and a Half Godzillas – Part 3: The Joyless 2014 Version
On the bright side, following this film’s destruction, you might be able to afford an apartment on Russian Hill.
Calvary Makes You Cross
Calvary pokes your conscience with a stick to see if it’ll twitch. Depending on the answer, you might laugh or get cross. Or both.
Blue Ruin: A Man, A Car, And Lots of Dead People
The question Blue Ruin brought to mind was something nebulous about what makes a movie “good.” Because, on the one hand, Blue Ruin is in many ways a very good movie. On the other, it’s not really about anything other than being a good movie.
Brain Food #1: Romero’s Night of the Living Dead
Let the zombie banquet begin!
Memories Of Robin Williams
Robin Williams? I remember Robin Williams…
To Lauren Bacall I Engrave All
I’d like to tell you about who she was and what she meant to me, but I can’t. She was Lauren Bacall.